Atia Balba Caesonia

Atia Balba Caesonia Secunda (85-43 BC) was the mother of Octavian and the wife of Gaius Octavius.

Biography
Atia Balba Caesonia was the daughter of Marcus Atius and Julia Caesaris, and was born in 85 BC. She married the Governor of Macedonia under the Roman Republic, Gaius Octavius, and she bore him Octavian. Atia encouraged her son to take power, having done all that she could to protect him. She told him that Julius Caesar adopted him because he believed that Octavian could exceed his legacy, and she died in 43 BC, a year before Octavian began his quest to take over the republic.